Is it time to break up with America? Our complex relationship with the US

Given the Trump administration’s belligerence, is it time consider other alliances?

Anthony Ellison’s political cartoon of the week

Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on recent political events.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: PM Luxon successfully rearranges deck chairs

Greg Dixon runs a satirical eye over local and international politics.

Danyl McLauchlan: NZ First reads the room over gentailers

After decades of borrowing, the govt has few levers to pull to stave off economic shock.

Nigel Farage is finally paying the political price for cosying up to Trump

Reform's polling average has fallen 5 percentage points since August.

Leah McFall: Colour me surprised! The 1980s style trend that’s back brighter than before

Strange things that were big in my childhood just keep coming back.

Russell Brown: The neighbourhood is a refuge, sometimes

There are other things happening in the world other than the mad king and his war.

Tikanga statement sees charges dropped against man accused of damaging Treaty of Waitangi exhibit

Charges against a man accused of damaging Treaty of Waitangi exhibit have been dismissed.

Listener weekly quiz: April 8

Test your general knowledge with the Listener's weekly quiz.

The shocks that shaped the nation: How these big economic events continue to affect our lives

The nation-forming economic high and low points that got NZ where we are today.

Danyl McLauchlan: The grand and urgent political project that’s going begging

With an outlook of dwindling fuel supplies, govt is forced to abandon reliance on markets.

David Lomas’ Iranian investigation leads new missing-family series

NZ journalist travels to the Middle East to find estranged father of a Kiwi woman.

Get up and into the light: A sleep expert on navigating daylight saving’s time change

The clocks are about to "fall back" an hour, so how can you reset your body clock?

The two-way links between heart surgery and depression

Heart surgery goes almost hand in hand with depression.

Flash hot cross buns? Sweet as, but what does it mean for your health goals?

Hot cross buns have transformed from simple bread into desserts packed with sugar & fat.

Manufactured anxiety: The manosphere’s dangerous push of testosterone supplements

Testosterone supplements can come with serious long-term dangers.

Goodbye, friend: Steve Braunias on buddy breakups

What do we do with old friends, like those who become too dependent or too successful?

A lecturer with a tattoo, mohawk or septum piercing: What first year students found most off-putting

Teaching first-year classes are a great opportunity to demonstrate theories in real time.

The Good Life: Neighbourhood watching

The best method to finding a hobby is to run a series of planned auditions.

High braise: Decadent dining for the colder months

Three warming recipes from Sydney food stylist Lucy Tweed.

Bottled lightning: Pianist releases an album kindled by the loss of his partner

For Flavio Villani, performing was always considered a snapshot in time. Until now.

Wellington art philanthropists donate entire valuable collection to public gallery

Jim and Mary Barr are giving Dunedin's public art gallery an extraordinary gift.

Composer/guitarist Dylan Lardelli brings musical explorations back home

Dylan Lardelli offers rare chance to hear classical music from the outer edges.

Benjamin Britten’s ‘shimmering’ Illuminations comes to Christchurch

Soprano Carleen Ebbs will sing the work later this month.

Flea’s debut solo album sees famed rock bassist returning to jazz beginnings

Red Hot Chilli Pepper bassist rekindles childhood obsession with the trumpet.

David Lomas’ Iranian investigation leads new missing-family series

NZ journalist travels to the Middle East to find estranged father of a Kiwi woman.

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya shine in comedy drama about the things best left unsaid

The Drama is a completely original story about the power - or frailty - of love.

Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Jack White, U2, Kneecap, Nana Mouskouri, a Clean tribute, and more

New and intriguing musical picks from writers at the NZ Listener magazine.

Book of the day: Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger

‘Feminist perimenopausal werewolf’ novel takes revenge to new heights.

Book of the day: Night, Ma by Elizabeth Knox - a loving homage to living well with terminal illness

Despite chronicling a trio of tragedies, Elizabeth Knox’s memoir is a delight to read.

Of horses and heroes: The best new nonfiction for younger people

From rhyming pictures books to health heroes, there's good holiday reading here.

In 1960s Dunedin, young Christopher de Hamel discovered a love for medieval manuscripts. Now he's a world authority

Christopher de Hamel has travelled from Dunedin to the Dark Ages, illuminating the past.

Cop-turned-novelist writes handbook on police procedures out of frustration over common crime-writer mistakes

How to write a crime novel that rings true - and the most common mistakes writers make.

Milk, Madness and Mayhem: The Ruahine Triple Axe Murders

Was it an act of temporary, alcohol-induced madness? Or plain bloody murder?

The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular crime writing

From contemporary court cases to historic murders, 2025's best read crime stories.

Steve Braunias on the sentencing of the mother responsible for the ‘suitcase murders’

Mercy for Hakyung Lee was bartered for at sentencing.

Is it time to break up with America? Our complex relationship with the US

Given the Trump administration’s belligerence, is it time consider other alliances?

With budding pressure from US troops, is America a reliable ally?

The US military want to deter China, but how much involvement do they seek from Australia?

Black humour and hope: A stay in an Estonian hotel where the walls once had ears

Graham Reid learns of Tallinn's history and its unpleasant links to the KGB.

Far-right rising: Increasing inequality & crime shifts the dial on Swedish politics

Sweden has experienced one of the OECD's largest increases in income inequality.

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See the world anew when science, art and nature converge in Te Papa’s Breathe | Mauri Ora

Te Papa’s new experience is at the cutting edge of technology and immersive art practice.

This Titirangi home was transformed into a functional family home

A mid-century Auckland home is reconfigured to make it more functional for a young family